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VMware ESXi(5.5) Fix networking and SATA for Gigabyte GA-Z97N-WIFI
== ESXi on Gigabyte GA-Z97N-WIFI ==
Default driverset of ESXi5.5 doesn't support the Gigabyte GA-Z97N-WIFI onboard Network Controller and SATA Controller. During install you will be stopped on the error "No support network interfaces available".
== Intel NIC drivers ==
To be able to install ESXi you need to add "unofficial" drivers to the install ISO. Gigabyte doesn't really mention which specific Intel Network Controller it is used, but it is the Intel I217-V. To add the drivers. To add the drivers to the install ISO use ESXi-customizer to merge the VIB file (drivers) with the official ESXi ISO.
- ESXi-customizer: http://www.v-front.de/p/esxi-customizer.html
- VIB file: http://shell.peach.ne.jp/~aoyama/wordpress/download/net-e1000e-2.3.2.x86_64.vib
- More info: http://www.ivobeerens.nl/2013/09/20/enable-the-intel-i217-v-network-card-in-vmware-esxi/
== SATA controller drivers ==
After installation your Devices list for Storage will be empty. This is because the onboard SATA controller is also not officially supported by ESXi5.5. The onboard SATA controller is the Intel 9 Series Chipset Family SATA AHCI Controller 8086:8c82 and it works fine by with the generic AHCI driver.
To install these drivers run the following in an ESXi-shell:
```
esxcli software acceptance set --level=CommunitySupported
esxcli network firewall ruleset set -e true -r httpClient
esxcli software vib install -d http://vibsdepot.v-front.de -n sata-xahci
```
- More info on AHCI drivers: http://www.v-front.de/2013/11/how-to-make-your-unsupported-sata-ahci.html
- Enable SSH-shell: https://pubs.vmware.com/vsphere-51/index.jsp?topic=%2Fcom.vmware.vcli.getstart.doc%2Fcli_jumpstart.3.6.html
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